Prudencio de murguiondo



(No Model.)

P. DE MURGUIONDO.

DISINPEGTING DEVISE. No. 522,847.4 Patented July 10, 1894. Fig 1 Fig 2.

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PRUDENCIO DE MRGUIONDO,OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TOEDWARD KENNEY, OF SAME PLACE.

DISINFECTING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 522,847, dated July 10,1894.

Application filed October 12,1892. Renewed March 13, 1894. Serial No.503,503. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, PRUDENcIo DE MUR'- GUIONDO, f the city of Baltimoreand State of Maryland, have invented certain Improvements inDisinfecting Devices, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a receptacle for adisinfecting liquid, whereby the said liquid is exposed to the action ofthe surrounding atmosphere which becomes impregnated therewith.

The said invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction ofthe said receptacle whereby the contained liquid is prevented fromcoming in contact with the exterior of the receptacle, and runningdownthe same, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of the `said invention which follows,reference is made to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof,and in which- Figure l is an exterior front view of the invention with aportion of the same broken away to show the interior. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section of Fig. l; and Fig. 3 a cross section of Fig. ltaken on the dotted line .fr-wc.

A is the outer casing of the receptacle attached to the back plate B ata. The back plate B is intended to be secured to a wall, and for thatpurpose it is provided with holes b for nails or tacks.

The outer casing A has an imperforate bottom c and the sides and frontfrom the bottom c to theline d are also imperforate so that a chamber isformed to hold liquid; but above that line they are perforated orprovided with small holes. At the upper end is an imperforate hinged lidC.

D represents an inner removable screen, .consisting of a sheet ofperforated metal or wire gauze bent so as to have the side pieces f andthe front g; and its size and shape in cross section are such that thereis a uniform space left between the screen, and the outer casing exceptat the rear where the t edges of the side pieces f strike the back plateB, or nearly so. The screen has neither top, bottom or back, but at thelower end it has legs H formed of strips of sheet metal bent as shown inFig. 2. These legs serve to support the screen and hold the same withits lower edge slightly below the line d which separates the perforatefrom the imperforate portions of the outer casing. The screen isretained in its proper shape by means of two strips 7L situated at thetop and bottom of the same and extending transversely of the device. Thespace y between the sides and the front of the screen and the casing ispreserved of a uniform width by means of the strips j which are solderedto the screen.

The screenand the portion of the casing below the line d are lled withcotton, wool or some other absorbing material which is saturated with adisinfecting liquid. The volatile portion of the liquid is free to passthrough the screen and the outer casing and impregnate the surroundingatmosphere, but

the liquid cannot come in contact with the outer surface of the casing,and that portion of the liquid which falls tobelow the screen isconfined Within the lower part of the casing, and serves as a body fromwhich the absorbent can draw its supply. When the liquid becomesexhausted, the apparatus may be replenished by merely pouring moreliquid onto the absorbent material until the same becomes saturated anda supply is left in the bottom of the casing.

It is evident that with the construction described and shown, no liquidfrom the interior of the screen or from the imperforate portion of thecasing can communicate with the outer surface of the latter, the stripsj keeping the two parts of the device apart.

l. In a disinfecting-apparatus, an outer casing having an imperforateback plate, and bottom, and a portion of the sides and front perforatedas shown, combined with a removable inner screen open at the back andhaving supporting legs, and strips whereby the sides and front of thesame are retained from contact with the outer` casing, substantially asspecified.

2. In a dsinfecting apparatus an outer casing adapted at its lower partto hold liquid,

and above that part perforated, combined able open back screen havingstrips to sepa with an inner removable open back screen rate the samefrom the outer casing, substanwhieh is separated from the outer easingby tially as specified.

means of strips, substantially as specified. PRUDENCIO DE MURGUIONDO.

3. In a disinfeeting apparatus, an outer easing having its lower partimperforate so as to hold liquid, combined with an inner remov-Witnesses:

WM. T. HOWARD, DANL. FISHER.

